The Conservatives are to focus on immigration as they seek to move on from the scandal threatening to derail their campaign.
Rishi Sunak faces further pressure to suspend the Conservatives alleged to have placed bets on the date of the General Election
Speaking to ITV’s Peston on Monday evening, Mr Baker said: “I would call them up and ask them, ‘Did you do it?’ And if they did it, then they are suspended.“But the Prime Minister would have to answer why he hasn’t done it, I haven’t got inside information on why the Prime Minister hasn’t done it.” But Mr Sunak insisted on Monday that it was “proper” to wait for the outcome of investigations by the Gambling Commission, the police and the Conservative Party itself as he struggled to move on from the scandal engulfing his campaign.
In the run-up to the debate, the pair traded blows in the Daily Telegraph, with Mr Cleverly claiming Labour would turn the UK into the “asylum capital of the world” and offer an “amnesty” to people who crossed the Channel in small boats. She said: “All ministers have offered are headline-grabbing gimmicks and empty promises. We can’t carry on like this. Instead of more rhetoric, we need a serious plan.”
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